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It may be the world’s most spectator-unfriendly sport but one man thinks he
can transform chess into a brainbaiting spectacle worthy of lucrative
sponsorship and big television deals.

Andrew Paulson wants to revamp the game for the Twitter generation and has
persuaded the World Chess Federation to give him the media and marketing
rights for every major event over the next ten years.

When the top grandmasters come to London for a tournament in March, their new
venue will be packed with gadgets and wizardry to wow the sleeper online
audience of chess fans: a dream demographic of educated, affluent,